Released: March 2019Director: Anna Boden and Ryan FleckDistributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesBudget: $152 to 175 millionStars: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, and Annette Bening. The Plot:It’s the mid-nineties in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and, a…
Story Title: “The Mighty Marvels Join Forces!”Published: December 1945Writer: Otto BinderArtists: C.C. Beck The Background:Following the incredible success of Clark Kent/Superman and Bruce Wayne/Batman over in National Comics (the precursor to DC Comics), Fawcett Publications desired their own colourful superheroes…
Released: 6 May 2016Director: Anthony and Joe RussoDistributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesBudget: $250 millionStars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Elizabeth Olsen, Daniel Brühl, and Chadwick Boseman The Plot:After saving the world from a…
Released: 4 April 2014Director: Anthony and Joe RussoDistributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesBudget: $170 to 177 millionStars: Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Samuel L. Jackson, and Robert Redford The Plot:Having helped…
Released: 22 July 2011Director: Joe JohnstonDistributor: Paramount PicturesBudget: $140 to 216.7 millionStars: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, and Stanley Tucci The Plot:Steve Rogers (Evans) wants nothing more than to enlist in the…
Released: 1991Developer: Data EastAlso Available For: Game Boy, Game Gear, Mega Drive, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) The Background:First created in 1940 by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Steve Rogers/Captain America was an icon of the…
First appearing in March 1941, Marvel Comics’ star-spangled super soldier, Steve Rogers/Captain America, has become one of Marvel’s most recognisable and celebrated characters not just for his super patriotism or for famously punching out Adolf Hitler, but also for being…
Superheroes may dominate television screens these days, but it all started back in the seventies. Long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) took cinemas by storm and drummed up enough cash to sink a small cruise liner, Marvel Comics had…
Those who actually read my articles may recall that, some time ago, I wrote a piece discussing some ideas for the inevitable integration of the X-Men into the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Disney reacquired the rights after their big purchase…
Story Title: “The Origin of Captain Marvel, Jr.”Published: December 1941Writer: Ed HerronArtists: C.C. Beck and Mac Raboy The Background:After National Comics (the precursor to DC Comics) saw incredible success with their flagship superheroes, Clark Kent/Superman and Bruce Wayne/Batman, Fawcett Publications…
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